Interview

Interview

1. Name/DOB/Place of birth?

-Laura Fowler, August 11 1954, Orange  CA

-Herbert Reyes, May 8, 1955, Chicago IL

2. What were the main events you remember from the 60's?

Fowler: "JFK assassination, man landing on the moon, and the Beatles coming to America."

Reyes: " The JFK assassination, Martin Luther King, and the Vietnam War."

3. Where in life were you at this time?

Fowler: "I was in elementary school for the JFK assassination and the Beatles, andn Jr High for the man landing on the moon."

Reyes: "Elementary student."

4. What can you remember from music in this time?

Fowler: "Beatles, the Animals, the Supremes, Elvis's 'I Just Wanna Be Your Teddy Bear', Sonny and Cher, Beach Boys v the Beatles."

Reyes: "I never liked music. Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Alice Cooper, Elton John, The Animals, Monkees, Monte Cruz." 

5. What do you think is the most important event that happened?

Fowler: "Assassination of JFK."

Reyes: "Assassination of JFK."

6. Do you remember the JFK v Nixon debate on television?

Fowler: "no"

Reyes: "Yes. Nixon lost because he couldn't handle being on TV. He sweated too much. His performance on TV killed him. He was paranoid and JFK killed him on debates."

7. What do you remember about the JFK assassination?

Fowler: "Close to Thanksgiving, I was in class and we had TVs on and we could hear all of this noise out in the hallways. Out teacher went to see what all the noise was and she came back and she said the president was dead. There was nothing else on TV for days."

Reyes: "Being in 3rd grade, right around lunchtime at Central Standard time, I was called into the auditorium and told what happened, and it was on TV for a few days."

8. What do you remember about the MLK assassination?

Fowler: "Nothing really"

Reyes: "Not much. I remember when it happened and all the news about it, but to me it wasn't as important as JFK."

9. What was the music like back then v today?

Fowler: "Back then? It was a lot better."

Reyes: "Understandable back then, not now. Music is music, it's the same. Everyone wants to give a purpose  in their lyrics. The chords might be different, how you portray it might be different, but it's all the same."

10. What was your impression of the hippie movement?

Fowler: "I was too young for it, or to really experience it. It was more about taking drugs than protesting the war."

Reyes: "It was an expression of liberty, an expression of freedom. And it was needed.  The 60's was a repressive decade. It was a very important movement towards the future."